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Monday, June 18, 2007

Daily Painting Practice - Last trumpet vine series

I thought I needed to try a totally different approach. So I used a square format and a very cool blue/green pre-toned board. I also used a lot more Liquin for the underpainting of the darks. This gave me a very transparent and thin shadow color to start on.I kept using Liquin with my paint to keep the color transparent even when over painting the shadow color. I am thinking dark shapes and halftones at this point but I am also aware of form.It always is a thrill to put the highlights in.

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Trumpet Vine study No.38"x8"oil on wood

I really like the color and texture of this painting. But the best part to me is the strong horizontal element of the cloth. Even though this is a square format the horizontal lines in the cloth seem to trick the eye into thinking there is much more width than height.

4 comments:

Re: Trumpet Vine study No. 3. I think the composition on this is is so strong. The curving arch of the flowers flows around to the pots to create a circular area contrasted nicely by the horizontal patterned runner. I like that the objects are not horizontal and flat across the top.